The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-21
BETTER LUCK THAN KALAKAUA
A Protege of the Hawaiian King Mar
rieS Into Noble Italian Family.

A Protege of the Hawaiian King Mar
r1eS Into Noble Italian Family.
A dispatch from Newport, r. l., to the
New York World says; Some forty-six
years ago the ship Menker sailed from New
port for the Pacific whaling grounds Sew
eral of her crew were natives of the place
and also the captain and first officer The
latter was William S.Wilcox, who is said to
have far outstripped his superior officer in
knowledge of seamanship. This caused
jealousy, and the result was violent quarrels
during the voyage. Wilcox was proud
spirited, and, rather than submit to discom-
fort for three or four years, he resolved to
leave his vessel at the first opportunity.
Early in 1913 the ship reached the port
now, known as Honolulu, and here Wilcox left
her. 1t is not known what his intentions
were on landing, probably to take the next
passing vessel, but it is certain that he never
left the island for over thirty years. He
married a half-breed, and in time had about
him family of SONS and daughters, five in
all, One Of the sons was named Robert w.
WlNOx, and this young man appears to
have been especially favored by the reign
ing families, particularly Kaakaua. The
King wanted to have young Wilcox trained
as soldier, and he determined to send him
to some European military institution
Italy was selected as the country, and
thither the young man was sent under royal
auspices. 1t was probably this fact that
enabled the young soldier to obtain entree
into the homes of the first families He
made the acquaintance of the princely
house of COlonna, into which Miss Mackay
married, and it was not long ere it became
known in Hawaii that young Wilcox had
won the hand Of fair young member of it,
The sequel Of this loVe-making is found in
the following extract of a Roman paper
just at hand The father of the young
officer resides on this island still, not having
been back to Hawaii for about twelve years
The extract is as follows:
TURIN, June 15.-ThiS morning June Is,
took place the very suspicious nuptials of
the Noble Signorina Lllisa Sobrero, daugh-
ter of the late Baron Lorenzo Sobrero,
Colonel of Artillery, in retirement, and
Donna Victoria of the princely family
ColOnna, to Mr.. Robert w. Wilcox, of the
Sandwich Islands, first pupil of our Military
Academy and now Of the School of APP
plicatiOn for Artillery and Engineering
The bridegroom is related to the reigning
family of the Sandwich Islands, and King
Kalakaua, in sign of his pleasure, sent his
adjutant, Col. j. H. Boyd, to represent him
at the nuptial ceremony, bringing splendid
gifts to the bridegroom from the King. Col
Samuel Nowlein and daughter, relatives of
the bridegroom, also assisted at the cere-
monies The daughter remains in Italy to
study painting. The ceremony was triple,
first by the Archbishop, who saluted the
company with the greatest bounty; then at
the Municipality where the civil marriage
occurred, and lastly at the Protestant chapel
We might express our congratulations and
sympathy for this couple with manners so
affable and aspect so intelligent. The
Hawaiians were delighted that their coma
tionalist, Wilcox, had known how to
CLEAN one of the fairest flowers of Italy to
transplant it in their land of eternal spring.
We scatter flowers IN the path of the happy
coupler